Song Name: | The Picture That I s Turned Toward The | By: | Wall Vernon Dalhart |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | Bb | Genre: | Country |
Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
Created: | 2010-10-04 12:10:05 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | THE PICTURE THAT IS TURNED TOWARD THE WALL
By: Charles Graham Vernon Dalhart Key: Bb -2 -1* -1 -2 -1* -3 -2 -3* Far a-way be-yond the glam-our -3* 4 -5 -2 3 -3 -3* of the cit-y and it�s strife -3* -3 3 -2* 3 -3* -2 -2 3 -3* 4 There's a qui-et lit-tle home-stead by the sea, -2 -1* -1 -2 -1* 3 -2 -3* Where a ten-der, lov-ing las-sie -3* 4 -5 -2 2 -2 3 used to live a hap-py life 3 3 -2 3 -3 -3* 4 -5 4 -2 -3* As con-tent-ed in her home as she could be; -3* 4 -5 4 -3* -3 -3 Not a shad-ow ev-er seemed 3 -2* 3 -5 4 -3* -3 3 to cloud the sun-shine of her youth -2* 3 4 4 -3* -3 -3 3 -3 3 -2 And they tho't no sor-row could her life be-fall, -2 -1* -1 -2 -1* 3 -2 -3* But she left them all one eve-ning -3* 4 -5 -5 -5* -5 3 and their sad hearts knew the truth 3 3 -3 -3 3* -3 -5* -5 -5 4 -3* When her fa-ther turned her pic-ture to the wall. CHORUS -3* 4 -5 -5 -3* 3 3 -2 There's a name that's nev-er spo-ken -5 -5 -5* -5* -3* 3 3 -2 And a moth-er's heart half bro-ken -2 -1* -1 -1* -2 3 -2 -3* There is just an-oth-er miss-ing -3* 4 -5 4 4 3 4 from the old home, that is all. -3* 4 -5 -5 -3* 3 3 -2 There is still a mem-�ry liv-ing -3* -5 -6 -5 -5* -5 4 3 There's a fa-ther, un-for-giv-ing, 3 3 -3 -3 3* -3 -5* -5 -5 4 -3* And a pic-ture that is turned to-ward the wall. They have laid a-way each tok-en of the one who ne'er re-turns, Ev-'ry tok-en, ev-'ry rib-bon that she wore, Though it seems so long a-go now, yet the lamp of hope still burns And her moth-er prays to see her child once more. Though no tid-ings ev-er reach them what her life or lot may be, Though they some-times think she's gone be-yond re-call, There's a ten-der re-col-lec-tion of a face they nev-er see, In the pic-ture that is turned toward the wall. CHORUS |